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EARNIM L. BEIIRENDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN OR TO THE INTER# NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION CARD COMPANY, OF `SAME PLACE.

IDENTIFICATION-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,460, dated January 19, 189i Application led October 9, 1890. Renewed November 27, 1891'. Serial No. 413,163. (No model.)

' To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARNIM L. BEHRENDT,

, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 'Illinois have invented certain rImproveout additional matter to identify the holder.

The object of the invention is mainly to prevent fraudulent alteration of the card, and more particularly to prevent the substitution of one portrait for another.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved card. Fig, 2 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the manner in which the portrait is secured in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the card in its envelope or inclosure. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the 'same on the lineft.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a flat, card or sheet composed of paper, cardboard, woven fabric, or other suitable material in two layers or thicknesses cemented together.

B is aphotographic or other portrait of the person to be identified on a sheet which is cemented first between the tivo layers of the card having its central portion exposed to view through an opening b in the front sheet. This opening is limited in size, so that the front sheet covers and confines the marginal portion of the picture.

In` order to prevent the removal of the picture and its replacement by-another, I unite the two layers or thicknesses of the card and secure'the picture in place thereto by means of paste o rcement containing au aniline or other readily-soluble coloring-matter, so that if4 the card be steamed orotherwise dampenedto soften the cement the fugitive color will at once spread, and, penetrating the sheets, leave upon the card a plain and permanent indication of the fact that it has been tampered with. The coloring material may be used in any moderate proportion in any suit able adhesive, such as flour paste-or glue.

By making use of a thick or viscid cement I am enabled to use the coloring-matter without danger of its penetrating the paper in 'the first instance; but when a thin duid is applied, as required, as a solvent ot the paste 'it will penetrate and soften the paper, disnoticeable manner.

On the portrait and so as to be exposedthrough the opening I print, photographically, or otherwise indicate the name, address, and business of the person represented. On one side of the card I place instructions as to the proper persons to be notified in the event of accident to the-holder of the card. On the opposite side is placed the autograph of the holder and the certiticateand seal of the notary public identifying the person represented yas the one whose autograph appears on the card. The seal of the notary and the seal or other impression of the company issuing the card will also be impressed through the entire card and through the portrait.

The card constructed as above will upon presentation by the hol'derimmed'iatel'y identify him beyond question. Owing to the existence of both the portrait .and the autograph, which latter he may beV required tore. produce, it is impossible for the card vte be used' by any other than the trueholder.-

As a still further protection against the use of the card by improperpersons and to admit of its being mailed and deliveredvi-ith certainty to the proper holder, I propose tol inclose it in a sealed envelope or jacket C, having in its face an o ening which exposes the portrait, but concea s the other mattersonthe face of the card. When the card is presented, the receiver may demand a statement of the various facts Ioo given ou the card before the opening of the envelope, and this information it is obviously I impossible for a stranger or one who has chanced to find the card to give.

The card inclosed in an envelope as described may also be advantageously used by bankers or other business men with their correspondents to identify a third person in yvhse favor drafts are made or credit author- 1Z In short, my card may be advantageously `used by persons variouslyA engagedat banks,

moneyLorder offices, registered-letter offices, at post-offices where mall 'is addressed poste restante, in case of accident, 1n t-heevent` of arrest by reason of mistaken identity, and inl all places in-which identification of the holder is necessary or 'where he is unknown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The identification-card consisting of a back sheet, a. perforated front sheet bearing the autograph of the owner and cemented tol the back sheet, and a third sheet cemented to and between the other sheets and bearing a portrait of the owner, exposed through the opening in thefront sheet.

2. The identiiication-card having the exposed portrait cemented between the front and rear sheets, the inner edge of the opening being indented and cemented to theface of 3o the portrait, as and for the purpose described.

3. An identification-card bearing the autograph and a portrait 0 the person identified, the portrait attached by an adhesive having a readiy-soluble coloring-matter associated therewith in order that the dampening and scfteningctthendhesive may be followed by the charging of the card with color.

BARNIM L. BEHR'ENDT. n

Witnesses:

DE Wrrr C. Grandine, LOUISE S. KOESTER. 

